News Release 2/1/2004
Baltimore Man and Son Announce New Joint Business Venture in time for Valentines Day

Baltimore – Wadsworth Robinson II, 73 of Baltimore, announced today a new joint business venture with his son, Glenn Robinson, 53 of East Lansing, Michigan. The completion of the new web site, in time for Valentine’s Day, www.eorchidshop.com is the culmination of a three yearlong project aimed at bringing the oldest minority owned florist shop in Baltimore / the East Coast into the modern computer era. “The Orchid Shoppe” has been a family owned and operated business in the East-Side Baltimore community since 1930, founded by Wadsworth and Marie Robinson Sr.

The new venture, eorchidshop.com offers online ordering and shipment of floral orders and other specialty products through a national dealer network throughout the US and Canada. Orders execute online and are shipped within 24 hours. The site is designed with our customers in mind. It is simple, reliable and easy to use.

“When my grandfather and grandmother founded the business over 70 years ago, I’m sure they wouldn’t have envisioned the success of the shop and the direction that we are turning in the new century. I’m sure that they would be proud,” said the younger Robinson. “I am certainly happy to be able to make a contribution to the family business.”

Before recently moving back to Baltimore, Glenn Robinson had worked with the State of Michigan, Department of Transportation and had worked with Morgan State University National Transportation Center as a research scientist. Robinson has obtained advanced academic degrees from The University of Maryland, College Park, Morgan State University and Aquinas College.